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Sociology & anthropology

Results 1961 - 1980 of 19995

Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. Craft and the Creative Economy examines the place of craft and making in the contemporary cultural economy, with a distinctive focus on the ways in which this creative sector is growing exponentially as a result of online shopfronts and home-based micro-enterprise, 'mumpreneurialism' and downshifting, and renewed demand for the handmade. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFSR; JHBL; KJE; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349485864
ISBN
9781349485864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJD; HBJF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166362
ISBN
9780231166362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Familius LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939629265
ISBN
9781939629265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. Media are fundamental to our sense of living in a social world. Since the beginning of modernity, media have transformed the scale on which we act as social beings. And now in the era of digital media, media themselves are being transformed as platforms, content, and producers multiply. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639215
ISBN
9780745639215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857853691
ISBN
9780857853691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.49

Paperback. Originally published in 1978, this book was one of the first to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133418
ISBN
9780231133418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Easy to use, tried and tested techniques to aid direct work with vulnerable families for child protection and related professionals. This must-have guide is full of creative ideas to engage the whole family and effect positive change through direct work. Series: Direct Work with Vulnerable Families. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849055543
ISBN
9781849055543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
16th edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292161471
ISBN
9781292161471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.53

Paperback. Through vivid ethnographic analyses, this book examines the range of expressions of the popular suspicion of power -including forms of shamanism, sorcery, conspiracy theory, and urban legends - illuminating them as ways of making sense of the world in the midst of tumultuous and uneven processes of modernization. Editor(s): Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330240
ISBN
9780822330240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786631909
ISBN
9781786631909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.28

Paperback. Barbara Fuchs examines the paradoxes in the construction of Spain in relation to its Moorish heritage through an analysis of Spanish literature, costume, language, architecture, and chivalric practices from 1492 to 1609. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221732
ISBN
9780812221732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. This title investigates the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094939
ISBN
9780691094939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220681
ISBN
9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. How has rapid economic development and the aging of the population affected the expression of filial piety in East Asia? Eleven experienced fieldworkers take a fresh look at an old idea, analyzing contemporary behavior, not norms, among both rural and urban families in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ikels, Charlotte. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747912
ISBN
9780804747912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. The collection traces the connections and conflicts between the local politics of corporate engagement and the global movements of CSR, revealing the ways in which social and environmental relations are transformed through the regimes of ethical capitalism. Editor(s): Dolan, Catherine; Rajak, Dinah. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330711
ISBN
9781785330711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.19

paperback. Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682865
ISBN
9781846682865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Trafford, Simon. Series: IHR Research Guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFCD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991265
ISBN
9781784991265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFD; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999135
ISBN
9780295999135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Hardback. Pagan and Native Faith movements have sprung up across Europe in recent decades, yet little has been published about them compared with British and American Pagans. Though all such movements valorize human relationships with nature and embrace polytheistic cosmologies, practitioners' beliefs, practices, goals and agendas are diverse. Editor(s): Rountree, Kathryn. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HRQ; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386469
ISBN
9781782386469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; HPS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349491995
ISBN
9781349491995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.18

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